[학술논문] Korea’s Balancing Act: Playing the Long Game
...with changing domestic political demands. The security developments South Korea is pursuing may lead to deterioration in regional security, but the United States may be able to support regional stability through its alliances and forward presence. In analyzing both external and internal factors that influence South Korean defense decision-making, this research helps to contextualize these decisions...
[학술논문] 존폐위기의 개성공단: 현황과 전망
...finally fell into an abyss of silence. By combining North Korean labor with South Korean capital, the KIC seems to have promoted inter-Korean reconciliation and cooperation. However, the KIC’s stability has been threatened by many constraints such as political turmoils at both the intranational and international levels as well as its own institutional underdevelopment. Despite its apparent influence...
[학술논문] The Challenges of Reunification: Why South Korea Cannot Follow Germany’s Strategy
...It shows that the German strategy, focusing on a quick political reunification while implementing policies to achieve social and economic unity later, is not feasible for North and South Korea. It argues that South Korea needs to develop strategies to maintain North Korea’s stability and to pursue social and economic harmonization first, before political reunification becomes a possibility.
[학술논문] North Korean Nuclear Armament and Perspective on Nuclear Domino in Northeast Asia
North Korea had shown its nuclear capability through three nuclear tests. This threatens peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia. When North Korea increases nuclear warheads with its miniaturization and has transportation measure, it is to intimidate neighboring countries directly, being under situation to be received nuclear horror and menace. If a nuclear-armed DPRK is not...
[학술논문] G-2시대 한중관계의 주요딜레마와 쟁점에 대한 시론적 검토
...China" which requires more in-depth recognition of difference between alliance and strategic cooperation regarding their characteristics and roles playing in them. Secondly, in order to ensure stability and peace in North- Eastern Asia, Korean Government have to be capable of playing an important role as a bridge state in establishing a stable Sino-US relationship. Thirdly, from the viewpoint that...